Activity and Ranging Behavior of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in an Oil Palm Landscape

Putra, Kharisma; Amran, Ali; Huda, Mahfud; Fanani, Aldino Fauzil; Galdikas, Biruté M. F.; S, Prima Anggara; Traeholt, Carl

doi:10.3389/fenvs.2021.651939

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“…Wald's test is sensitive to a low sample size and there were only seven detections of marbled cats in degraded forests. Taken together, these results support our intuitive hypothesis that more arboreal nocturnal felids such as marbled cats are less adaptable to forest degradation and disturbances than their terrestrial and nocturnal relatives such as the leopard cat, jaguarundi, and ocelot, which are all commonly recorded in oil palm plantations (Jennings et al, 2015;Mendes-Oliveira et al, 2017;Pardo et al, 2021;Silmi et al, 2021).…”

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Marbled cats in Southeast Asia: Are diurnal and semi‐arboreal felids at greater risk from human disturbances?

et al. 2023

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Southeast Asia supports the greatest diversity of felids globally, but this diversity is threatened by the severe forest loss and degradation occurring in the region. The response of felids to disturbances appears to differ depending on their ecology. For example, the largely terrestrial and nocturnal leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) thrives near forest edges and in oil palm plantations where it hunts rodents (Muridae) at night, thereby avoiding human activity peaks. Conversely, we hypothesized that the sympatric and similar-sized marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) would respond negatively to edges and relatively open oil palm plantations as they are more arboreal than leopard cats, rely on tree connectivity for hunting, and are diurnal so have less potential to temporally avoid humans. We used camera trapping from Southeast Asia to test habitat associations at multiple spatial scales using zero-inflated Poisson generalized linear mixed models and hierarchical occupancy modeling. We found that marbled cats were positively associated with large intact forests and, in contrast to leopard cats, negatively associated with oil palm plantations. Furthermore, we found preliminary evidence suggesting marbled cats may adapt their diel activity to become more crepuscular in degraded forests, likely shifting their activity to avoid humans. These findings suggest that the marbled cat's International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List conservation status should potentially be upgraded from Near Threatened to Vulnerable, matching other forest-dependent felids in the region. We posit our findings may be generalizable such that semi-arboreal and diurnal felids could face greater threats from habitat degradation than their terrestrial and nocturnal relatives.

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Marbled cats in Southeast Asia: Are diurnal and semi‐arboreal felids at greater risk from human disturbances?

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“…While quoll research has predominately been conducted in intact contiguous forest, our results suggest that quolls can equally persist at similar densities in fragmented habitats, highlighting the importance of forest fragments for quoll conservation. The importance of forest fragments in supporting mesopredator populations has similarly been documented for pine martens 63 , leopard cats 64 and güiña 14 . Although quolls can persist and potentially thrive in fragmented Australian landscapes, further research is needed to determine associated limiting factors such as prey availability, habitat resources and genetic connectivity to proximal contiguous forests, to better inform appropriate conservation and management of this endangered species.…”

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Density estimates reveal that fragmented landscapes provide important habitat for conserving an endangered mesopredator, the spotted-tailed quoll

Henderson

Fancourt

Rajaratnam

et al. 2022

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Native predators are increasingly exposed to habitat loss and fragmentation globally. When developing conservation and management strategies, it is important to determine whether fragmented landscapes can still support similar predator densities to intact areas, and thereby constitute important habitat for these species. The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is an endangered Australian mesopredator that is often considered to be forest-dependent. While quolls are known to occur in some fragmented forest landscapes, it is unclear whether these areas represent sub-optimal habitat where quolls merely persist, or whether quolls can still occur at densities similar to those observed in intact forest landscapes. We used camera traps to detect quolls in both a fragmented and intact forested site, over three years. We used each quoll’s unique pelage pattern to identify individual quolls and estimate population density at each site. We were able to assign more than 94% of quoll image sequences across both sites to identify 173 individuals during the study. Density estimates of 0.13–0.66 quolls per km2 at the fragmented site were comparable to estimates of 0.28–0.48 quolls per km2 at the intact site. Our results highlight the importance of retaining and protecting forest fragments for the conservation of endangered quoll populations.

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“…The existence of the leopard cat (P. bengalensis) in oil palm plantations is thought to be due to the availability of the undergrowth. Silmi et al (2021) stated that the species frequently use the undergrowth and palm frond to shelter themselves and their kittens. Several species of the undergrowth at PT RAJ are Fimbristylis ovata, Psychotria sp., Stenochlaena palustris, Syzygium zeylanicum, and Dianella ensifolia.…”

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The estimation of mammal species loss and gain from shrubs to oil palm plantations in South Sumatera

Al-Faritsi¹,

Santosa²,

Rahman³

2022

JPSL

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Several previous studies stated that land cover changes to oil palm plantations caused the loss of wildlife species, one of which was from the mammals. Therefore, data on the magnitude of this type of loss is needed. This study estimates the amount of loss and gain of mammal species due to the development of oil palm plantations. Data were taken by direct observation (strip transect method) in parallel at the oil palm plantation of PT. Rambang Agro Jaya, South Sumatra. This research was conducted on the land cover before (shrubs) and after the development of oil palm plantations. The study shows that the change from shrubs to oil palm plantations does not change the number of mammal species but increases the species richness index and decreases the species richness index. The similarity index of shrubs and oil palm plantation is 0.56. The development of oil palm plantations also causes the loss and gain of mammal species with the same percentage of 67%. The presence of mammals in oil palm plantation is thought to be due to the feed availability.

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Activity and Ranging Behavior of Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in an Oil Palm Landscape

Cited by 13 publications

References 52 publications

Marbled cats in Southeast Asia: Are diurnal and semi‐arboreal felids at greater risk from human disturbances?

Marbled cats in Southeast Asia: Are diurnal and semi‐arboreal felids at greater risk from human disturbances?

Density estimates reveal that fragmented landscapes provide important habitat for conserving an endangered mesopredator, the spotted-tailed quoll

The estimation of mammal species loss and gain from shrubs to oil palm plantations in South Sumatera

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